So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Parallel translations
- WEB So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
- BSB That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
- NKJV So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
- NASB So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
- NLT So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach the Good News.
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Quick answer
Because of that obligation, Paul is eager to preach the gospel even in Rome. His readiness shows the gospel is for established believers and unbelievers alike.
Overview
Paul's eagerness to preach 'to you also who are in Rome' shows that the gospel is not only for initial conversion but also for ongoing edification of believers. His zeal flows from the debt of v.14. This eagerness leads naturally into his great statement about the gospel's power in vv.16-17.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Rom 15:20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- Isa 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
- 1 Cor 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
- 2 Cor 10:15–16Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
- Matt 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
- 1 Kgs 8:18And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Cor 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- Rom 12:18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- Mark 14:8She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
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